The Dillon tribune., 1887-06-10

Anril5 keyes escanfetleratc Notifications at
,,naterel the S Sstonped. Seven miles below
cou Mills and s'op '!ae a line of Notifications
Yorst"ros s.ross the solid grodnuf of u warwick river
quite iss between the o,xed nca" u to three miles
and Yo.h .s.t the Confeielatess, 81, na'1 i.mas = and
Besides 'uss ..'eks flowing into inc Saes an ' a.r.
the deep ei. n;se,s. which had backed the wafer
into ,pefsderate army Of the ien,ns,la S, was
The .e..',,ediatc command OF Gen. j.
under the m,9arr1der. ,9d He had prepared or
Bsnkhead ai ;;rss of fortification across the
begun tnIe' a,he first one was seven mlles
peninsula. ,..oxn While Mcclellan had
below r.,niuping his army and getting -, gooa o'
been eaa'FW y washington, the confedeta1es naa
rs'dy; y.;,rt;fyiug ii between him ana h'cnmonu' cI;o
bsen foruSS ~ " Warwick river and the fortitica'
twas .uy =. course which stopped McClel-
tons sions Il Ihoth Heintselman on the right
hus a1lny' m the left. This river ON the
md KY Aes,c,.,1an had access to flowed parable!
maps ~. rivers, nearly southeast. In
~tn 'u :. eored across the Peninsula bctwee,i
the nvsdis ds . formidable barrier, fortified as it
y NE Tsves' column stopped at Lees Mills
W. =. warwick, and encaniped there.
"a m.n.,r.ns .n' column approached nearer
Be'1..s B.s"n where it was also stopped by the
YoFku.h"' Yo..h This was Magruder's second and
W1Irr. I;,onortant line Of Notifications. The
noss ."s '.if ham abandoned March l. The old
ass " usS Sortiacations thrown up by the British
nne ~, ~ i had been revived by Magr,,der. Along
10. 10. ~ ~ the Warwick, stretched across the
e..;n.ula ; wers II, 600 Confederates, and this
r.a fs''f the force opposed to Mcclellan with his
.ms Of s., GOO men. ..
s'Is p,s..;dent h Lincoln kept dispatching to him
!. t str;ta n blow" ilagrudcr expected an
....ck His troops lay upon their arms in
:. tr.nches several days awaiting the attack.
W. osnrsito where McClcllan's army lay, near
r,..+ovn. there were only 5000 southern
..oo,s Nv There was some skirmishing, nothing
nors nors IF Mcclellan had Immediately attacked
Iscr,der is, he could have forced his line and
t,ten Yorktown without doubt.
For rnr six days the 5000 Cor'etlerates held
Yorktown against McClellan's $4,000. Then
!, becan to Ike plain what he was about. He
Was digging in the ground around Yorktown,
throwing up earthwovls, preparing to place
aeayy siege guns and go into regular invest
meuta He cut roads and built bridges. And
til N Trained, and McClellan's soldiers sick
enel and died in the >wamrs of the War
wick
One of the Confederate Notifications on the
Federal right was known as Dam No. I.
Apri 1C reconnaissance of the Confederate
postion was made here by some of Gen.
william F. Smiths men, under orders from!
the general in chief. Tho Warwick was
waist deep, but some Vcrmonters he
roically waded across and gained the
Confederate rifle pits, which they held
for half an hour. They were forced to
withdraw, the Confe,lerates being quickly re-
enforced. Once more some ether Vermont
Troops were ordered across, under protection
d twenty guns, the division battery. But
they were met by Il heavy fire and were or.
derel back. Gen. Smith was exceedingly
anxious to mass the division and make I. bold